Kirk Herbstreit: Gators' offense lacking on many levels

> Posted by Joe Rose on September 8, 2010 12:37 PM

Kirk Herbstreit, with me on the show Wednesday, was less than impressed with the University of Florida offense.

“I know the Florida offense was OK last year ... but when I watched Florida last year, if you had taken Tim Tebow’s creativity and determination and skill away from the offense, I really wonder how they would have scored a lot of points, because they didn’t have a lot of threats downfield… I didn’t really see a lot of vertical passing.

“And I think now, without an athletic quarterback, they’re going to have to be able to complete some balls downfield to be able to open up all that underneath, quick stuff, where they want to get the ball into the hands of [Jeff] Demps and [Chris] Rainey and co.

“I really go back to Dan Mullen leaving Florida and think now is the time that Steve Addazio and Urban Meyer are going to have to show where this offense is.

“I’m just saying all of last year I wasn’t necessarily sold on the continuity of the offense without Dan Mullen, and now you take Tim Tebow out of there and Riley Cooper and Aaron Hernandez and David Nelson, and now it’s a new cast of characters and now we’re going to learn more about Florida’s offense.”

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Joe Rose became a sportscaster as a natural extension of his college and professional football career. He was a seventh round draft pick from the University of California at Berkeley and later a tight-end for the Miami Dolphins from 1980 through 1986. Aside from his radio and television work, Rose is probably best known for catching Dan Marino's first touchdown pass of his professional career. In addition, he had the distinction of having caught two touchdown passes in the Miami and San Diego match-up in 1982. Earlier in 1980, during his rookie year with the Dolphins, he was also voted MVP in the East/West All Star Game. Check him out at WQAM